State ex rel. OTR v. Columbus

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 76 Ohio St.3d 203.] THE STATE EX REL. OTR ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. CITY OF COLUMBUS ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as State ex rel. OTR v. Columbus,

1996-Ohio-411.] Real property—Owner of property abutting highway has right of access to street it abuts—Any governmental action that substantially and unreasonably interferes with this right constitutes a taking of private property within meaning of Section 19, Article I of Ohio Constitution and Fifth Amendment to United States Constitution. __________________ An owner of a parcel of real…